CLEARLAKE -- On Wednesday Clearlake Police Department (CPD) Lt. Tim Celli and Sgt. Rodd Joseph were driving through the parking lot of the Travelodge Motel located at 4775 Old Highway 53 in Clearlake when they reportedly observed a man sitting in the seat of a Mercedes Benz, which was backed into a parking stall at the rear of the business. Not far from the Mercedes Benz Celli and Joseph saw a woman, who appeared to be in distress, standing next to another vehicle.

Celli and Joseph reportedly asked her if she was all right and as she walked toward them, she said, "That's my pimp" and made statements about being afraid of him and fearing he was going to beat her. Darryl Dwayne Williams, 53, of Clearlake exited his vehicle when the Celli and Joseph contacted the woman and he reportedly walked quickly away from the area. He was eventually contacted at a neighboring auto parts business located on Lakeshore Drive some distance from where his vehicle was parked.

The woman contacted by the CPD provided information that she was abducted by Williams in Fresno and forced into prostitution with the threat of harm being done to her child if she refused.

Williams, who is a convicted and registered sex-offender for pimping and pandering, was booked into Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility on charges of pimping, pandering, kidnapping, possession of narcotics and human-trafficking. The investigation is continuing by CPD Detectives into William's involvement in other similar illegal activities in Clearlake and other jurisdictions.